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Flight Through the Orion Nebula—NASA 360 Video
Use a mouse to scroll the view when using a computer. For full immersion, watch using a virtual reality device and a 360 video player.
This visualization explores the Orion Nebula using both visible-light observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and infrared-light observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The contrast between visible and infrared views of the nebula is examined using two spatially matched, three-dimensional models. As the camera flies into the star-forming region, the sequence cross-fades back and forth between the visible and infrared views.
The glowing gaseous landscape has been illuminated and carved by the high-energy radiation and strong stellar winds from the massive hot stars in the center of the nebula. The infrared observations generally show cooler gas at a deeper layer of the nebula that extends well beyond the visible image. In addition, the infrared view showcases many faint stars that shine primarily at longer wavelengths. The higher resolution visible observations show finer details including wispy bow shocks and tadpole-shaped protoplanetary disks (or proplyds). In this manner, the video illustrates the contrasting features uncovered by multi-wavelength astronomy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, L. Frattare, M. Robberto and M. Gennaro (STScI), R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC); Acknowledgement: R. Gendler
Music: Dvorak – "Serenade for Strings Op22 in E Major Larghetto", performed by The Advent Chamber Orchestra, CC BY-SA
Duration: 2 minutes, 16 seconds
Release Date: May 16, 2018
+Hubble Space Telescope
+Spitzer Space Telescope
+NASA Goddard
+European Space Agency, ESA
+Space Telescope Science Institute
#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Science #Space #Nebula #Orion #Cosmos #Universe #Ultraviolet #Spitzer #Telescope #ESA #STScI #STEM #Education #HD #Visualization #360Video #Video
Use a mouse to scroll the view when using a computer. For full immersion, watch using a virtual reality device and a 360 video player.
This visualization explores the Orion Nebula using both visible-light observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and infrared-light observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope. The contrast between visible and infrared views of the nebula is examined using two spatially matched, three-dimensional models. As the camera flies into the star-forming region, the sequence cross-fades back and forth between the visible and infrared views.
The glowing gaseous landscape has been illuminated and carved by the high-energy radiation and strong stellar winds from the massive hot stars in the center of the nebula. The infrared observations generally show cooler gas at a deeper layer of the nebula that extends well beyond the visible image. In addition, the infrared view showcases many faint stars that shine primarily at longer wavelengths. The higher resolution visible observations show finer details including wispy bow shocks and tadpole-shaped protoplanetary disks (or proplyds). In this manner, the video illustrates the contrasting features uncovered by multi-wavelength astronomy.
Credit: NASA, ESA, F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, L. Frattare, M. Robberto and M. Gennaro (STScI), R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC); Acknowledgement: R. Gendler
Music: Dvorak – "Serenade for Strings Op22 in E Major Larghetto", performed by The Advent Chamber Orchestra, CC BY-SA
Duration: 2 minutes, 16 seconds
Release Date: May 16, 2018
+Hubble Space Telescope
+Spitzer Space Telescope
+NASA Goddard
+European Space Agency, ESA
+Space Telescope Science Institute
#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Science #Space #Nebula #Orion #Cosmos #Universe #Ultraviolet #Spitzer #Telescope #ESA #STScI #STEM #Education #HD #Visualization #360Video #Video
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MY SECOND FAVORITE CONSTELLATION NEXT TO PEGASUS... ♥
Cassiopeia A is among the best-studied supernova remnants. This image blends data from NASA's #Spitzer (red), #Hubble (yellow), and #Chandra (green and blue) #observatories .
Cassiopeia is the 25th largest constellation in the night sky, occupying an area of 598 square degrees. It lies in the first quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ1) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -20°.
The brightest star in the constellation is Schedar, Alpha Cassiopeiae.
The Perseid meteor shower is associated with the constellation Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia belongs to the Perseus family of constellations, along with Andromeda, Auriga, Cepheus, Cetus, Lacerta, Pegasus, Perseus, and Triangulum. It was named after Cassiopeia, the vain and boastful queen in Greek mythology.
#science #space #astronomy
Cassiopeia A is among the best-studied supernova remnants. This image blends data from NASA's #Spitzer (red), #Hubble (yellow), and #Chandra (green and blue) #observatories .
Cassiopeia is the 25th largest constellation in the night sky, occupying an area of 598 square degrees. It lies in the first quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ1) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -20°.
The brightest star in the constellation is Schedar, Alpha Cassiopeiae.
The Perseid meteor shower is associated with the constellation Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia belongs to the Perseus family of constellations, along with Andromeda, Auriga, Cepheus, Cetus, Lacerta, Pegasus, Perseus, and Triangulum. It was named after Cassiopeia, the vain and boastful queen in Greek mythology.
#science #space #astronomy
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ASTEROID FLORENCE -- A mountain-size space rock cruised past Earth at 8:06 a.m. EDT (1206 GMT) in September-7th. The roughly 2.7-mile-wide asteroid 3122 "Florence" came within a mere 4.4 million miles of Earth — just 18 times the distance from our planet to the moon.
According to Paul Chodas, manager of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, only 10 or so asteroids as big as Florence exist in near-Earth space, and, nothing this big has passed this close to Earth since NASA started tracking near earth asteroids. Astronomers have mapped out Florence's orbit well enough to know that it poses no threat to Earth for the next few centuries at least, he stressed. But if something as big as Florence did hit us, it will be catastrophic, since scientists regard any impactor at least 0.6 miles, or 1 km, across as a potential civilization-ender, and Florence is estimated to be 2.7 miles wide, which is based on infrared observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
#NASA #Spitzer #Florence
According to Paul Chodas, manager of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, only 10 or so asteroids as big as Florence exist in near-Earth space, and, nothing this big has passed this close to Earth since NASA started tracking near earth asteroids. Astronomers have mapped out Florence's orbit well enough to know that it poses no threat to Earth for the next few centuries at least, he stressed. But if something as big as Florence did hit us, it will be catastrophic, since scientists regard any impactor at least 0.6 miles, or 1 km, across as a potential civilization-ender, and Florence is estimated to be 2.7 miles wide, which is based on infrared observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
#NASA #Spitzer #Florence
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#JPL: #Spitzer Hears Stellar '#Heartbeat' from Planetary Companion
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When your 💕heart beats💕close to mine: +NASA’s #Spitzer space telescope has detected unusual pulsations in the outer shell of a star.
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Illustration of Epsilon Eridani System | NASA
Illustration based on Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the inner and outer parts of the Epsilon Eridani system compared with the corresponding components of our solar system. The similarity of the structure of the Epsilon Eridani system to our solar system is remarkable, although Epsilon Eridani is much younger than our sun. SOFIA observations confirmed the existence of the asteroid belt adjacent to the orbit of the Jovian planet.
May 2, 2017: NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, recently completed a detailed study of a nearby planetary system. The investigations confirmed that this nearby planetary system has an architecture remarkably similar to that of our solar system.
Located 10.5 light-years away in the southern hemisphere of the constellation Eridanus, the star Epsilon Eridani, eps Eri for short, is the closest planetary system around a star similar to the early sun. It is a prime location to research how planets form around stars like our sun.
Credits: NASA/JPL/Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Release Date: May 2, 2017
+NASA's Ames Research Center
+DLR, German Aerospace Center
+The University of Arizona
+NASA Armstrong
+NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory+Spitzer Space Telescope
#NASA #Astronomy #Science #Space #Exoplanets #Planet #Star #EpsilonEridani #epsEri #Eridanus #Universe #Cosmos #SolarSystem #SOFIA #Airborne #Observatory #Infrared #Boeing #Boeing747SP #Aircraft #Ames #Armstrong #California #UnitedStates #Spitzer #Telescope #DLR #Germany #Deutschland #STEM #Education #Artist #Illustration #Infographic
Illustration based on Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the inner and outer parts of the Epsilon Eridani system compared with the corresponding components of our solar system. The similarity of the structure of the Epsilon Eridani system to our solar system is remarkable, although Epsilon Eridani is much younger than our sun. SOFIA observations confirmed the existence of the asteroid belt adjacent to the orbit of the Jovian planet.
May 2, 2017: NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, recently completed a detailed study of a nearby planetary system. The investigations confirmed that this nearby planetary system has an architecture remarkably similar to that of our solar system.
Located 10.5 light-years away in the southern hemisphere of the constellation Eridanus, the star Epsilon Eridani, eps Eri for short, is the closest planetary system around a star similar to the early sun. It is a prime location to research how planets form around stars like our sun.
Credits: NASA/JPL/Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Release Date: May 2, 2017
+NASA's Ames Research Center
+DLR, German Aerospace Center
+The University of Arizona
+NASA Armstrong
+NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory+Spitzer Space Telescope
#NASA #Astronomy #Science #Space #Exoplanets #Planet #Star #EpsilonEridani #epsEri #Eridanus #Universe #Cosmos #SolarSystem #SOFIA #Airborne #Observatory #Infrared #Boeing #Boeing747SP #Aircraft #Ames #Armstrong #California #UnitedStates #Spitzer #Telescope #DLR #Germany #Deutschland #STEM #Education #Artist #Illustration #Infographic
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